Last year, I wrote that the continued fight against Da’ish, the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil and combating corruption posed the most significant and most pressing challenges ahead of Iraq in 2018. As we have entered 2019 under a new government, the hurdles facing Iraq have shifted more towards administrative challenges.

Concerning Da’ish, the Iraq Security Forces continue their mission to…please continue reading the rest of the article on 1001 Iraqi Thoughts.